mikey287 wrote:Emery was, is and always will be a horrible goalie. That's never gonna change. I don't care what the Flyers pay for him (2 years, $3 million per? whatever), as long as they get him and not someone good...

There isn't much out there that is "good". I think they only one that is left would be Ryan Miller....

Philly is still bad on D as well. Sometimes I wonder what Holmgren is thinking. The Flyers are always going to be the bridesmaids and never the bride with him at the helm, and Snyder playing puppeteer in the background.

don't forget that nice Mesjaros contract that they think they will be able to get rid of easily...

They are a mess, and it's like they are in denial. Protip: when you are the first team to use both of your compliance buyouts before most teams use one, there might be something wrong with the financial foundation of your team.

Gaucho wrote:GMRS usually seems to have a pretty good idea of who he can afford to let go (or maybe even who he should get rid of). Maybe he knew he didn't give up as much as people thought he did when he traded Morrow for Morrow.

Pure speculaton, of course.

I think this is right. Can anyone think of an example of a prospect he moved in a trade who went on to be a very successful NHLer? I'm not counting guys he just didn't re-sign (e.g. Moulson) or fringe NHLers (e.g. Carcillo). The Pens might have problems with their scouting leading into the draft, but it seems like they do a pretty good job assessing the prospects they actually get into the system.

Well Shero hasn't been around long enough to really say (small sample size). Esposito is the classic case of a prospect smartly moved... But Lovejoy and Letestu have both gone on to fill solid roles in the NHL. The case is still out on Tangradi (despite what 99% of LGP'ers say).

The Jets qualified him, which is usually an indicator that they see something they like.

Jamie wrote:Hawks blogger John Jaeckel(sp?) is also reporting that the Flyers are very likely to sign Ray Emery tommorrow. Where are they getting the $$$$. After Lecavalier they are over $300,000 over the cap. I know they can LTIR Pronger but they still can't exceed the cap by more than 10% until they do that.

They're sitting at $66.5-million and can go up to $70.73-million (10% over the cap) with 13 F, 9 D, and 1 G on the books. So they could give Emery up to $4.23-million a year, but they'd still be about $1.5-million over with Pronger on LTIR.

mikey287 wrote:Emery was, is and always will be a horrible goalie. That's never gonna change. I don't care what the Flyers pay for him (2 years, $3 million per? whatever), as long as they get him and not someone good...

There isn't much out there that is "good". I think they only one that is left would be Ryan Miller....

Makes them look insane for buying Bryzgalov out given that he's the top FA goalie out there now.

mikey287 wrote:Emery was, is and always will be a horrible goalie. That's never gonna change. I don't care what the Flyers pay for him (2 years, $3 million per? whatever), as long as they get him and not someone good...

There isn't much out there that is "good". I think they only one that is left would be Ryan Miller....

Makes them look insane for buying Bryzgalov out given that he's the top FA goalie out there now.

Why do those imbeciles at the Flyers board always lock the door whenever something exciting is happening. You need to log in to read. If their server can only handle 10 computers at a time, maybe they should do an upgrade.

Sarcastic wrote:Why do those imbeciles at the Flyers board always lock the door whenever something exciting is happening. You need to log in to read. If their server can only handle 10 computers at a time, maybe they should do an upgrade.

because there are probably over 150 users on the board and having guests turned on usually crashes it. Cant get on there either.

good signing with Scuderi. Apparently Philly and Toronto were hot after him as well. Makes the Pens instantly better on the back end. He's on the downside of his career but this will be a good signing for at least the next 2 years.